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Released
  
1956

Length
  
37:48

Artist
  
Mal Waldron

Producer
  
Bob Weinstock

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
November 9, 1956

Mal-1 (1956)
  
Mal/2 (1957)

Release date
  
1956

Label
  
Prestige Records

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Similar
  
Mal/2, Mal/4: Trio, Mal/3: Sounds, Black Glory, Impressions

Mal-1 is the debut album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron, recorded in 1956 and released on the Prestige label.

Contents

Reception

A contemporaneous review by John S. Wilson stated that trumpeter Idrees Sulieman and alto saxophonist Gigi Gryce "play unusually well while Waldron contributes several provocative compositions and arrangements (especially a version of Yesterdays that is a remarkably interesting rewriting of a real warhorse) and plays with typically dark, warm charm". The Allmusic review by Jim Todd awarded the album 4 stars, stating "Mal Waldron's recording debut as a leader presents the pianist with his many gifts already well developed".

Track listing

All compositions by Mal Waldron except as indicated
  1. "Stablemates" (Benny Golson) – 4:51
  2. "Yesterdays" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) – 7:47
  3. "Transfiguration" (Lee Sears) – 7:17
  4. "Bud Study" – 5:48
  5. "Dee's Dilemma" – 6:58
  6. "Shome" (Idrees Sulieman) – 5:07
  • Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey on November 9, 1956.

    • Personnel

  • Mal Waldron – piano
  • Idrees Sulieman – trumpet
  • Gigi Gryce – alto saxophone
  • Julian Euell – bass
  • Arthur Edgehill – drums

    • Songs

    1Stablemates4:56
    2Yesterdays7:51
    3Transfiguration7:19

    References

    Mal-1 Wikipedia
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